Exploring the Nature of Human Morality
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Who argued that morality is learned and that humans are born as 'amoral creatures'?

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Aristotle (correct)
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Who considered newborns to be a moral blank slate?

  • Sigmund Freud (correct)
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • Aristotle
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Who described humans as 'nasty' and 'brutish', needing society and rules to reign in their instincts?

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Thomas Hobbes (correct)
  • Aristotle
  • Who openly criticized Thomas Hobbes' view and argued that man would be gentle and pure without corruption?

    <p>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What novel portrays children as fully-fledged sociopaths waiting to be freed from their adult-imposed shackles?

    <p>Lord of the Flies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Aristotle, humans are born as

    <p>amoral creatures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who considered newborns to be a moral blank slate?

    <p>Sigmund Freud</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which philosopher described humans as 'nasty' and 'brutish', needing society and rules to reign in their instincts?

    <p>Thomas Hobbes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who argued that man would be gentle and pure without corruption?

    <p>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which novel portrays children as fully-fledged sociopaths waiting to be freed from their adult-imposed shackles?

    <p>Lord of the Flies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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